Batman #275

Batman finds himself cornered and outgunned on this May 1976 cover, surrounded by motorcycles closing in from every angle as an unseen adversary taunts him with "The game's over, Batman — you lose!" Ernie Chan's dynamic cover art captures the Dark Knight in a defensive crouch, hemmed in by chrome and steel, setting a tense, high-stakes mood for the interior novel "The Ferry Blows at Midnight!" David V. Reed's writing and Ernie Chua's art promise a thriller that puts the Caped Crusader's back firmly against the wall.